Improvement in sofa-bedsteads



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIo.

WILLIAM OTT, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

`IMPROVEMENT IN SOFA-BEDSTEADS.

v Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [$6,608. datedJanuary 23, 1877; application filed June 30, 1876. i

To all lwhom tt may concer-n Be it known that I, WILLIAM OTT, `of St.Louis, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, haveinvented anew and useful 1inprovement in Sofa Beds, of which the following is aspecification:

My improvement relates to that -class of sofas or lounges which may alsobe extended to form a bed, the nature of which will be distinctlyindicated in the following description `and claims.

In the annexed drawings, making part of this specilication, Figure 4l`represents the lounge extended to form a bed. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection of the head piece.

The same letters are employed in all the figures in the indication ofidentical'parts. i

A is the folding section of the longe, and Bis the stationary section. Cisuthe back. A is the head-.piece of the lounge. The section A isupholstered on what is its upper face when folded over the section B, as`is the head-piece A and face of the back C. The

space between the two sections is occupied by the sectional mattress,the sections being connected by the ticking, which is continuous.

D is the headboard of the folding section, which is hinged to the endpiece of the frame ofthe head-piece A', and E is the head-board of thepermanent section. When the section A is folded on.V the section B, theedges of the head-boards will be normally in contact and support thehead-piece. It may, however, be lowered by turning the head-board D onits hinges, so as to overlap thestationary headboard and permit theframes of the sections A and B to come into contact. F F are iron rods,respectively pivoted tothe frames of sections A and B, which may befolded down into the recess in the frames of the section, t0 permit themto be folded or turned up, as shown in Fig. 1, resting on thehead-boardsto sustain the bolster, which should be made continuous. The sections Aandl B are connected by hinges Gr. The leaves of these hinges are bent,as clearly shown in Fig. 1, to permit the sections to be extended, andat the same time to allow them to be relieved by moldings on their frontfaces, as seen when folded to form a lounge. A spiral spring, H, isconnected to the frame of section A, and to the head-piece A,to supportthe latter when being reversed, and to keep the tact whileallowing theiradjustment.`

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

1. In combination with the stationary section B of a sofa-bed and fixedhead-board E, the folding section A, head-piece A', and adjustablehead-board D, hinged to the latter, substantially as set forth. i

2. In combination with 'the sections A and B, the folding rods F, andheadeboards D and E, supporting the latter when extended to sustain thebolster, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed` my naine to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses. i WM. OTT. Witnesses JOHN F.WALTON,

FRED. C. MEHL.

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